Writing Help and Advice for All
How to prevent social media ignoring your images
Originally posted on Jean's Writing:
Remember the devil is in the details. Size and description do matter. If the dimensions are under 250 x 250, some social media sites won’t pick it up off of your website. So don’t make them too small. And if you fail to add information about the image, search engines can’t determine what…
Reviewing Books on Goodreads!
JEMSBOOKS REVIEWING BOOKS ON GOODREADS If you don’t use Goodreads yet, hurry over and check it out. It’s a wonderful place to read and review books, compare notes about books, pick up new reads, make friends and gain followers for your own books. https://www.goodreads.com/ I have been using Goodreads since 2013 when I first became […]
I Like Writing Or I Like To Write. Which One Is Correct? – by Derek Haines…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Just Publishing Advice: The word like has a lexical meaning. But, I like to write has a grammatical meaning. When you think of meaning, you usually rush off to a dictionary to look up a word. But do you think about grammatical meaning in…
Figuring It Out: POD Book Cost & Net Profit Comparisons – by Amy Collins…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on BookWorks: Are you curious about POD book cost versus how much you can expect to make on each you sell? Are you with CreateSpace or IngramSpark and wonder what the profit is on each book? Do you see sales happening and yet your bank account is…
Author Caution: Be Careful Linking to Pirate Sites
Originally posted on The PBS Blog:
STOP: Authors, Be Careful Photo by Isaiah Rustad on Unsplash I’ve been sitting on this article since February (See screenshot below) and had almost decided not to publish it. After seeing Chris share the article on Piracy, Plagiarism and Impersonation however, I thought maybe it was time for me…
#MotownWriters 5 Smart Tips for Marketing Poetry Books
Originally posted on Motown Writers Network . . . Michigan Literary Network:
2 Author Marketing Experts, Inc. by Penny Sansevieri / Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. – Robert Frost Such a beautiful statement by Robert Frost, but unfortunately it ignores the reality that marketing poetry books is not easy. And…
Are There Birds in Your Book?
Originally posted on IRISH FIREBRANDS: A Novel ~ and Other Works by Christine Plouvier, Indie Author:
One of the many varieties of plover. Perhaps there’s a setting or a scene that you want to help your reader to hear: instead of just listing the names of birds that may be present, why not describe and/or phoneticize the…
Useful Twitter Hashtags for Bloggers – from Suzie Speaks
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
Reblogged from Suzie Speaks… the mysteries of the eponymous hashtag revealed: What is a Hashtag? A hashtag, put simply, is a label or category that allows others to find something within a specific theme or content and are primarily used on Twitter and Instagram. Once you have…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 